Sure doesn't feel like Christmas,

It's beginning to look a lot like .....  Christmas?  How many of my dear Dingleberries are ready for the upcoming holiday?  I'd like to say that I am, but Mr MB sprung it on me this morning that "we" needed to figure out the rest of the Christmas shopping.  Uhm, :clears throat: I was under the assumption that "I" was done with my shopping.  I figured out what all of my family would get and also what the kids would get for Christmas this year.  Honestly I felt that my part of the job was done.  Seems as though, my job is never done. 

We recently became dedicated to church and God.  This is hard for me at times, because I'm severely selfish and bitchy.  It's true!  Hence the whole " poo flinging" what did you think this meant?  Just sayin'.  So I'm a selfish brat who finds it hard to accept that I should happily do everything there is under the sun without help from anyone.  That when I ask for help I should happily understand when no one helps!  

As I said, this is hard for me.  

Mr MB, Granny MB and myself are arranged to be Baptized this Sunday.  This is hard for me to accept because I keep thinking I should be a new person before hand.  Am I misunderstanding that once it's done you're a new person.  I'm still going to think the same though, how can I rid my life and brain of all this selfishness I carry around with me. This guilt and anger and resentment.  How can I be Christlike with all of this I hang on to.  

I can't grasp an understanding.

What acceptance of Christ has brought me is a new and somewhat humble thinking.  I am so very grateful and love my life and family so much. It has helped me that I should ask for help sometimes. I shouldn't be to proud to admit that sometimes I just can't carry it all.  

So I've taken the good with the bad, at this point. Life will have it's ups and downs and before long I will level back out.  Right?

Yea so we also just married back in October, you all remember. All of my whiny selfish cry baby crap that I'm doing right now also falls under the whole wedding vow things.  So I'm like double whammy right now. I keep going back and forth with it should be a partnership, but I'm also in the wrong. I expect and expect the partnership to work at home with life, house, kids, cleaning. The likes of those. 

It's just a mess and honestly, typing it out, it isn't helping me work through it any better.  So let's get back to something that doesn't suck. Shall we?

Stupid holidays make me crazy! 

So I'm missing you all so much lately, I miss blogging, flinging poo. I miss all of that.  Boy monkey and of course Pokey keep me busy.  Last night Boy Monkey decided to outgrow his crib.  What  I mean by that is he is now so big (he thinks) that he's started standing.  He pulls up and stands.  So last night, I'm unable to get the tools I need or the help I need to provide a safe sleeping crib for him. Poor monkey slept in his play pen for a few hours and eventually ended up in my bed.  He thinks he sleeps better there anyway.  

It's shocking how different parenting is this time around. Boy monkey is quite literally the exact opposite of Pokey. It's mind boggling really. Yes I just said "mind boggling" When was the last time you heard that one? 

So we're quickly approaching Christmas.  I'm worried one gift for my dear cousin won't make it in time, stupid Hong Kong and their shipping issues.  Just goes to show you should allow more time for shipping when ordering gifts online for Christmas!  

I hope everyone has a super flinging Wednesday.  We're almost to the weekend, for that I cannot wait.  Then again I'm not really looking forward to the mad dash to get everything wrapped up this weekend.  Ahhhhh my nightmare!

Hang in there my dearest Dingleberries, will be over before we know it!   

Day 196, 2012



Thursday, July 19th

 It's Thursday (ya'll catch this weeks Monkey Butt Thursday?) that means tomorrow is Friday.  I'm pretty excited about that and great news Rehab is playing on Saturday.  Ya know I can't wait. Luckily I've lined up quite a few of us are going.  I attempted that last year, going to see Rehab and a few of my friends going as well, didn't work out  so well actually.  Oh well, I'm sure some of them may bail and if so it is what it is. I'm still going, I'm still drinking too much and going to have a helluva time. Why you ask? Because it's been too long since I had a helluva time and even longer since I drank too much. 

in other recent news, H and I are attempting to make some plans to have a bit of a shopping time tomorrow night. Yay,   I can't wait. Not only do I need a top for the show on Saturday I need some girl time!  Sounds awesome to me.

Goodnight Dingleberries, I need the sleep

Hang in there!

It's Valentines Day

It's Valentines Day and I'm broke. Not that it matters much because other than picking up some over priced candies and a stuffed animal for Pokey I don't much celebrate Valentines Day. I don't agree with it being a day where men and women alike run out and spend monies (they probably don't have) on their loved ones.  Don't you think we have enough holidays in the year that involve gift buying?  I don't agree with it and if I have my way there won't be any gifts exchanged in our house.  Now don't get me wrong, I'm OK with candies, stuffed toys (for Pokey) Really? I'm 30, wtf do I need a stuffed bear for?  And of course flowers are OK. I love flowers, not ROSES, flowers! They're so pretty and smell nice!

But it's the day where you can say I love you a few extra hundred times, give hugs and kisses and just try and put forth a little extra effort that says, hey I love you.  I'm working today, the weather is shit and I must spend my lunch break looking through half empty shelves trying to spot a nice batch of candy and a stuffed toy for Pokey.  She loves Valentines Day for those reasons.

So with that I'm done with this post. Hang in there Dingleberries and enjoy your day of love!  For those who are single, count your money, you lucky bastards ;) 

This one made me LOL

Day 37 & 38, 2012

Day 37
Sunday, February 13th

Mr. Monkey Butt cut my bangs for me.  Yes you read that right!  I'm just that cheap that I have someone do it for me.  Of course Pokey wants hers done now. I just hope she doesn't think she can take the scissors to her head. I may have to beat her arse!  :) 

So I'm still up in the air as to what her name should graduate to? She's 8 now you know and well being as everyone has taken a Monkey name of sorts, it seems only fitting she should as well?

So far all I have is 

• BUTT MONKEY!  (lolz)
• Butt Nugget

So I spent the day, cleaning some more and making my shopping list for the groceries.  I really hate grocery shopping.  Just in case you were wondering! 

I did have the random idea the other day that I want a new couch.  We went to a few furniture stores, but really didn't find anything that I just LOVE.  I'm thinking about hitting the IKEA store one weekend. I've never been there and just from random catalogs that have fallen upon my desk at work I kinda love that place!  They seem to have such awesome stuff!  Mr. Monkey Butt says the store is pretty awesome.  Shall see.  It seems like a lot of fun, maybe.  I will let you know, how's that?

Day 38

Monday, February 13th

It was a Monday.  I'm hoping there aren't two Mondays in this week.  ::fingers crossed::  We let the new guy go over the weekend, he wasn't grasping the jist of the job and retaining the information.  Being able to drive the truck is a pretty big must; Or so I hear.  Lucky for the world I drive a little Toyota Camry. I can bang a curb like no one else, but at least I'm not in something that outweighs most things on a city street!  :) 

But whatever, we will get someone else (soon I hope) and move on about our ways.  Some people just aren't cut out for some things. He's better off, I'm pretty sure of it!

Tomorrow is Valentines Day. I've not done any shopping and I know I've promised Pokey a Valentine toy for sure. Luckily we have already done her cards and she turned them in today!  

She tells me when I picked her up from daycare that she'd gotten three strikes in daycare and will not be able to participate in the ice cream party.  How sad. I'm hoping they give her a second chance or something tomorrow. I don't remember getting in trouble as a child, but she does all the time. And it's just stupid shit like talking too much. I can understand how that's a bad thing, but really?  

Whatever. I've babbled enough, so I leave you with one last photo.  Hang in there Dingleberries. Cya tomorrow!

 

Merry Ho Ho's

Merry Christmas Dingleberries,

Let me start by saying I hope each and everyone of you had a wondermus Christmas and any other holiday you may have celebrated this weekend. 

We managed to finish the shopping on Friday. Thank Gawd! It wasn't quite as painful as I'd thought it was going to be, we also picked up some tasty Arbys on the way home. Nothing like a good waste  of money and some food that may just be bad for you. What fast food isn't bad for you, right?

I didn't get any where near my computer on Christmas Eve.  So sorrys.  I forgot my camera at Mr Monkey Butts Mom's house. Oops, plus she now holding it hostage until Mr. Monkey Butt returns the accidentally placed perfume in the trunk of the car.  She looked pretty happy to receive that perfume I told Mr Monkey Butt. 

We had a wondermus Christmas Eve anyways.  Pokey received her most anticipated gift from Grandma and Grandpa.  Pokey got her Wii.  It's the only thing she really  wanted this year.

Us as well as Monkey Butts Mom and Dad got her the games she wanted and everything else she didn't remember wanting. It was really awesome this year.

Funds were limited but it all came together nicely.  Everyone seemed happy today.

I think my happiness came from seeing Pokey smile as well as playing Just Dance 3 with her as well as Wipe Out.   (for the record, I SUCK at Just Dance 3 and well I'm not too bad at Wipe Out) Do you think I'd be able to try out for Wipe Out based on my ability to rawk some Wipe Out on the Wii? lolz, I'm kidding!

Times were awesome.  Christmas was a busy one, nothing new there!  We played some Mario and I baked a cake for the Punch Bowl cake.  Got up to early and spent time with the family before heading out into the world on Christmas Day. 

We had no white Christmas this year (thank Gawd)  but it did rain most of the morning!  Which sucked pretty much.  Gots on the way to Moms and forgot her gifts, raced back and forth and finally made it.  Food was awesome and had a blast.

The surprise came later.  Our thing usually goes like this, we draw names for the kids and adults on Thanksgiving and then we buy gifts for the people we've drawn.  This year the adults didn't draw names, we were just buying gifts for the kids.

The adults all threw the money they would have spent on gifts for each other into a card and Mom and Dad received the money as their Christmas present from all of us.  ::tears of joy:: As my readers know, my parents are cursed with an insane amount of medical bills for my Mom.  Her insurance company didn't cover the entire surgery for her aneurysm. Which sucked!  Plus she is fighting this cancer now and running back and forth to the doctor for treatments and check ups.  We are so lucky to have a family as awesome as ours.  We really can function as a whole sometimes and it just melts my heart that everyone was so willing to help them out in their time of need.

Again, Dingleberries, I hope you had a wondermus Christmas.  Ours was, as you can tell.  I can only hope we have many many more awesome Christmas' to come.

Goodnight, I've got tomorrow off and I want to sleep in, if Max will let me.

photo taken here

365 days of 2011

As you have probably noticed I've been MIA for a few days. I sit and wonder at times how this can even be possible, with no warning or anything, Im just GONE.  It's frustrating to me because I've had blogger friends do the same thing to me and I wonder, WTF happened to that one?  Oh wells, here I am now and it's CATCH UP TIMES.  You know those are your favorite.  I did manage to blog in my free time today at work. But shhh you didn't hear that from me, so lets see, where do I begin....

Day 343

Saturday, December 17th, 2011

Sooo, aparently this was one of the only photos I managed to snap this day.  But isn't Pokey adorable?! 

So we had a few things on the agenda today, was posta attend a party in the land of far far away but due to lack of time and Mr. Monkey Butts work schedule, we were unable to make that one.  Very sad.  We did manage to get out and have some girl time, we did some shopping. Found adorable gifts for the Birfdays girls, yes I say girls, there were 2 parties on the agenda, but will tell you about the 2nd one tomorrow!

So we did the shopping and I saw these sweaters, you all remember me blogging about wanting holiday sweaters and I found these.  Pretty cute, but considering my wallet and the lack of funds in it, I didn't buy the sweater. I want it though.  You know it will make for awesome holiday photos and it would be my first humiliating holiday sweater.  LMAO!

Got a few more gifts for the family members and ran home for lunch, walked Max and just spent the day with Pokey.

Mr. Monkey Butts Christmas party on the agenda for the night, should be interesting to say the least and we found a sitter for Pokey, thankfully. We've been talking about a night out for a week or so, maybe this will do that some good.

To sum it up, it was OK.  We won the trivia thing, well our team did. Got gift cards and I had the longest socks on so I won this "funny family photos" calender for 2012.  Will show a picture tomorrow, like really tomorrow.  I'd say it was a nice night out and plenty on the agenda for Sunday, but you will see that in just a few. 

Moving on....

Day 344

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Happy Sunday Dingleberries and yes I know I'm interchanging the Christmas colors, don't be hating. I'm just a jolly  ole Monkey Butt, or something like that, shut up!

So awesome night at the Christmas party and today we are off to take the doggie carrier back to the lovely lady who has blessed us with Max who as you may have read already may be a nice lil blessing to our little family.  Which is bigger now. YAYs!

Picked up Pokey from Nana's house, she had a good time at church with Nana, Popa and her cousin. They, though the skirts were way short for my bloood, looked cute and said they had  a lot of fun. She is back and forth with whether she will show her face at church again! 

We shall see...

Girlie birfday party to wrap up the afternoon and that was a lot of fun, lawdy that girl has a very very very very large family, but it's always an AWESOME time! 

Wrapping up the day with meeting Grandma and Grandpa at the mall, only for a moment and went inside to grab Nana's Christmas present, which I hope she likes ::fingers crossed:: Also found a good deal on a new jacket for Pokey at JCPenney.  Very cute find, that's for sure.   I'm just glad she's back in a jacket and a new one at that. No more last years jacket, well, not until next year! 

It's Sunday again, that sucks!  The weekend, though it did drag out a little with everything going on, the weekends just aren't ever long enough.  Are they?

Day 345

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Monday already?  That's no fair at all.  Makes me sad.  It went as well as any other Monday.  Slow one though, very slow.  It's the week of a holiday though, we tend to slow down around holidays.  Just doesn't make sense to me.

Hit up the Walmart and picked up a few gifts that I've been expecting for Pokey.  Her dolly came and I was so excited about that. It's something she wanted so badly and we have not been able to find one.  The whole reason I started shopping online for her gifts.  It's all coming together, for that I am glad.  Check out my Merry Ho Ho's post for more. 

Max took a pee on the comforter tonight... UGH!

Day 346

Tuesday, December 20th 2011

Look at me, I'm caught up. YESSSSS!!!!  excuse me while I ::happy dance:: around the living room!

I'm sorry for my slack ass these past few days readers. I'm blaming the massive headache I had yesterday, last night and this morning.  The Aleve is my new best friend because it lasts longer, no anxiety attacks when I take it either.  So it works out!

Today was slower than yesterday, can you believe that shit?  It was shocking to me.  GAWD.  It did give me time to blog my randomness today though as well as post my Music for a Tuesday.  Ya know you wanna check that out, if you haven't already. 

I'm feeling like such a shit that I didn't send out more Christmas cards, I received 2 today and I think I neglected to send them one, but they're all written up and in my bag ready for the mail. I hope they make it in time.

I've blogged Christmas in another post today, so I will leave that alone and well being as it's 11oo and I need some extra sleep, the comforter won't be ready until tomorrow, shit!  Damn Max costs me 20 bucks with that little pee on the comforter. 

Note to self and anyone who cares: Don't purchase or accept as a gift a comforter, bigger than a queen that is dry clean only.  Just don't! 

Goodnight Dingleberries, cya tomorrow!

Having a Merry Ho Ho time,

So I'm staying true to my holly jolly Christmas feely good feelings. I'm not letting anything get me down, well not much.  Let's not blog about any and all mishaps right now, this is posta be a good one!

So the shopping is going OK I'd like to say.  All in all I'd say I'm pretty close to being done, save the stocking stuffing as well as Mr Monkey Butt, Maximus (the new pup) and Rhino (the guinea pig).  Maximus just so happens to be a pleasant addition to our small family, we're a family of 5 now. Can you believe that?   Guess we can't call ourselves a small family anymore?!

But I've managed to tackle all obstacles and obtain everything from Pokeys list this year!  She had a very last minute list, for some reason and randomly picked things from Toys R Us website, which I do not shop at all, ever!  For some reason shopping at Toys R Us stresses me INSTANTLY and I just want to die each and every time I walk into that place.  So random or not, we've got everything. She asked Santa for a Wii this year, but Grandma is getting her that. Santa is now bringing her a lap top and a few items that were NOT on her list this year. That's right, Monkey Butt managed to keep her sanity and remember the small items that Pokey didn't remember to include on her list. Though Pokey isn't getting an Eff ton of things this year (she wouldn't play with them anyway), she is getting pretty much anything important that I can remember her saying she wanted.

With that I am satisfied.  Christmas could come tomorrow and I would be OK with that. Let's not spoil the other things I've picked up for other folks, don't want them getting nosy. Can't wait to share it all after the holidays! 

Good day Dingleberries, Have a pleasant one! Merry Ho Ho's!

Day 339, 365 days of 2011

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

It's Tuesday which means tomorrow is Wednesday and we are picking up an adorable lil pup for our adorable lil family tomorrow. 

Is it wrong of me to be dreading it?  Like really?!!  I don't like the ideas of picking up poop from the carpet or scrubbing at dog pee!  It's awful.  It's one of the MAIN reason I didn't want a dog to begin with. I have a 7 year old and though I know we tell her she will have to feed it and clean up after it, she WON'T and I will have to. 

UUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH!  It's going to suck and you all are going to hear all about it.  Excited yet?

Oh well, moving on.  Did I tell you I got my  first round of Xmas cards in the mail?  No one is really signing up for cards or anything, that's OK. I know I moved recently but usually my family sends me Xmas cards. I have received a few from awesome people and my awesome post card.  I send the Grandmother a Christmas Card, did I mention she hates me?  I think it do it just to piss her off or something, I also include a picture of my child which last time I remember her being around her she didn't like her either!  Evil witch woman. But whatever, I feel sorry for her sometimes.... A little!

It's a great December!

Yea, I forgot what else I was going to say.  Imagine that. I am working on my New Years Resolutions as well and perhaps a recap on my year 2011.  Should be fun to take a trip in memory lane.

Oh I remember (LOL)  I shopped online again. Found the rest of Pokeys Xmas list and ordered it.  It should be here by Xmas.  I feel a little better and slightly less stressed over it! Problem solved, life doesn't suck as much as I thought it did and there are only a few other gifts I have to actually go into a store for. UGH! 

Wish me luck, I hope to have to done by Christmas!  ::fingers crossed::

365 days of 2011

Iyiyi! I'm behind, again.  This will be a long post I fear and I hope you all will make it through it, bare with me, I will make it as short as I possibly can. It feels like it's been a week or so since I've updated my 365, so yea, it's going to be a rough update. 

Let's get this party started, shall we?

Day 319

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

Yea, so this is what we woke up to and sadly it hasn't changed much in the days to follow, there were a few wonderful days between then and now, but nothing to write home about I guess. Nothing new for our winters/falls here. Craptastic weather with a chance of sunshine on rare occasion.

Sadly, I didn't take the time (yes I forgot) to take any other picture on this day. Ooops.  At least I got one though, I guess!  It was a funnish day. Day 1 of my staycation and went to work for the Thanksgiving lunch. Finished my shopping list for Thanksgiving dinner and prepped myself  (mentally) to get prepared for Thanksgiving.  Awesomeness! 

The turkey went into it's brine today and though it was terribly salty tasting, yes I tried it, it smelled wondermus!  ::excited::

Day 320

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving Day Dingleberries.

Yea, here's what time I got up. Ooooof!

First thing I did was take a smoke break, make some coffee and take a few swigs.  Then I proceeded to remove the turkey from the brine and get it all dried off an on it's cooking pan.  Note to self: 23lb turkey is a damn joke when it comes to handling said turkey and what the hell is up with tucking it's wings?  That's total BS if you ask me!

But ya know, Mr Monkey Butt and I managed to get it done and in the pan, thank you YouTube!

The finished product...

(Bows and waves at her adoring fans!)

Yes it went well and well my Mom and Dad always just prepare their turkey in a bag with the normal stuffs but I must say I really enjoyed the taste of the turkey this year, I think I love brine for Turkey and will never make another one without it!  It was tasty and well it was a fabulous Thanksgiving. Everyone showed up, like I said before, we had 11 people (including ourselves) in our apartment and it was nice.  The food was tasty and no one died because of my cooking, I shall call that a success. Right?

We later made a trip to my aunts house about 20 Min's north of here. That is after I had the kitchen clean and all the leftovers put in the fridge.  I wish the guest would have taken all the leftovers, but apparently Mr Monkey Butt likes to eat leftover Thanksgiving foods.  We had 2 pies left as well, so looks like more weight gain to come ;)

The family thing was OK, seems like every year less and less of them show up. It's a little sad, but I know the ones who are there really want to be or else they just wouldn't show up either. It was nice to see everyone under one roof again, it's been a couple of weeks ya know.  But it was nice and I didn't eat a thing!   Go me!

Unlike Pokey who gnawed on this turkey leg as well as ate about 4 desserts.  Needless to say she was a total grump later and passed out IMMEDIATELY once she got in the bed. Yessssss!

Day 321

Friday, November 25th, 2011

Happy Friday Dingleberries, did you all  remember to check out my Fridays Fabulous Photo post?  Just in case you were busy shopping on Black Friday.  I didn't, wouldn't and couldn't do the Black Friday shopping this year. One, I have no money and Two, I just had no interest in doing that again. I don't know why but saving myself a little bit of money on some junk that won't get played with anyone just doesn't seem like the thing I want to be doing. So I'm done with it!  Yessss!

I did hit Walmart later and found that they still had their black Friday junk in there, big surprise there and the prices were exactly the same, so whats the point and dealing with all the crowds. I guess if you want to save 39 bucks on a TV!  :)

Ooooh I'm not stopping with that, I've a few more things for today!

Who says Tina (my car) can't be used for EVERYTHING.  She now has qualities of a truck. She can haul an Xmas tree so long as the Home Depot guy is there to tie it down, because I've  no idea really how this tree made it home! 

This fellow shopper, also getting an Xmas tree had a funny tag and Xmas tree in her weave.  lolz.  Fun times at the Home Depot!

Yawn!

Day 322

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Lovely Saturday. Did a bit of running around, hit the Kroger and finished the grocery list.  Yesss!

The Xmas tree is up!  Yays!  It looks pretty and smells nice too. Ooooo I bet  it needs water, again. Thirsty arse tree!  The holiday season is here and like every other year it's OK for me to admit that now, because it's AFTER Thanksgiving and the tradition for us has always been put it up the day after Thanksgiving.  Yesss!

Now to figure out what presents to put under the tree, I hate Xmas shopping.  I hate all shopping. 

There!  I'm caught up, mostly. I've still got to update for Sunday (today) but I will do that later, because I'm tired and need to check the tree. 

Cya laters Dingleberries.

If you've made it this far, pat yourself on the back!  Because you're AWESOME! And thanks for reading!

Friday's Fabulous Photo

Black Friday....No thank you!

photo taken here